Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; a memory; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A mobile terminal comprising:
 a touchscreen; 
 a camera; 
 a memory; 
 a wireless communication unit; and 
 a controller configured to: 
 display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, 
 capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and 
 control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen, 
 wherein if at least two counterpart terminals are found for a same voice input, the controller is configured to display the found at least two counterpart terminals on the touchscreen and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to the counterpart terminal selected by an additional touch gesture from the displayed at least two counterpart terminals. 
 
     
     
       2. The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to save the captured image in the memory in response to transmitting the captured image to the at least one counterpart terminal. 
     
     
       3. The mobile terminal of  claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit a control signal for deleting the transmitted image to the at least one counterpart terminal, in response to a second touch gesture being performed on the touchscreen. 
     
     
       4. The mobile terminal of  claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to delete the captured image from the memory, in response to the control signal being transmitted to the counterpart terminal. 
     
     
       5. The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display at least one counterpart indicator indicating the at least one counterpart terminal corresponding to the voice input on the touchscreen together with the preview image. 
     
     
       6. The mobile terminal of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one counterpart indicator comprises a first counterpart indicator, and
 wherein the first counterpart indicator comprises a camera preview image received from a first counterpart terminal corresponding to the first counterpart indicator. 
 
     
     
       7. The mobile terminal of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one counterpart indicator comprises a second counterpart indicator, and
 wherein the second counterpart indicator comprises an image most recently taken through a second counterpart terminal corresponding to the second counterpart indicator. 
 
     
     
       8. The mobile terminal of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the camera preview image in real time from the first counterpart terminal and then display the received camera preview image as the first counterpart indicator. 
     
     
       9. The mobile terminal of  claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to save the camera preview image received in real time from the first counterpart terminal as a still image or a video in the memory in response to a second touch gesture performed on the touchscreen. 
     
     
       10. The mobile terminal of  claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to synthesize a panoramic image using camera preview image received from the first counterpart terminal and the preview image of the camera. 
     
     
       11. The mobile terminal of  claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to receive a plurality of images taken through the first counterpart terminal and then display a plurality of the received images on the touchscreen, in response to a third touch gesture performed on the touchscreen. 
     
     
       12. The mobile terminal of  claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to selection of a desired one of a plurality of the images, save the selected image in the memory. 
     
     
       13. The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
 display a popup window for inputting a voice memo on the touchscreen, and 
 control the wireless communication unit to transmit the input voice memo to the at least one counterpart terminal together with the captured image. 
 
     
     
       14. The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein if no counterpart terminal is found in response to the voice input, the controller is configured to control a phone number of a desired counterpart terminal to be input as a voice. 
     
     
       15. A mobile terminal comprising:
 a touchscreen; 
 a camera; 
 a memory; 
 a wireless communication unit; and 
 a controller configured to: 
 display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, 
 capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and 
 control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen, 
 wherein after a first counterpart terminal has been found in accordance with a first voice, the controller is configured to control a second counterpart terminal to be additionally found in accordance with a second voice. 
 
     
     
       16. The mobile terminal of  claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to cancel the search for the second counterpart terminal, in response to a second touch gesture being performed after the first touch gesture. 
     
     
       17. A mobile terminal comprising:
 a touchscreen; 
 a camera; 
 a memory; 
 a wireless communication unit; and 
 a controller configured to: 
 display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, 
 capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and 
 control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen, 
 wherein the controller is further configured to receive a camera setting information from a prescribed one of the at least one counterpart terminal and control the camera to be set in accordance with the received camera setting information, in response to a second touch gesture performed on the touchscreen. 
 
     
     
       18. The mobile terminal of  claim 17 , wherein as the camera is set in accordance with the camera setting information, the controller is configured to change an image quality or effect of the preview image to be changed. 
     
     
       19. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
 displaying a preview image input through a camera on a touchscreen; 
 capturing the preview image and executing a voice recognition function in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen; and 
 transmitting the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen, 
 wherein the transmitting comprises: 
 if at least two counterpart terminals are found for a same voice input, displaying the found at least two counterpart terminals on the touchscreen and transmitting the captured image to the counterpart terminal selected by an additional touch gesture from the displayed at least two counterpart terminals.